Needle-holder.



J. A. WILLIAMS.

NEEDLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED qcnzo, 1916.

Patented Jan. 22, 1918.

JOHN A. WILLIAMS, 0F RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILLIAMS PURCHAS MANUFACTURING 00., OF MORRIS PARK, NEW YORK, A FIRM COMPOSED OF JOHN A. WILLIAMS, WALTER G. PURCHAS, AND MAUD I. PURCHAS.

NEEDLE-HOLDER.

Specification ,of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 22, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN A. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond Hill, Long Island, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Needle-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a neat, convenient and attractive device for holding a supply of needles of'different sizes and enabling a needle of any size to be readily selected or replaced. A further object is so to construct and arrange the parts of the device as to accommodate'compactly other articles, such as a thimble or emery, in addition to the needles. The invention comprises the features of construction and relation and combinations of parts which are set forth in the appended claims and the preferred embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the holder in its closed condition;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3, with the cap separated from the top;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line 38 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4: is a plan View of the device with the cap removed and one of the individual shutters in open position;

F ig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 55 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the shutters.

The device as illustrated in the drawings comprises a circular base 2, a top 3, a circular series of tubes 4 and 5 extending between the base and the top, and a slip cap 6.

The base is preferably made of a dished disk having a downward extending flange 7 wherein a plain disk 8 is pressed to close the bottom. The top is also hollow, being preferably formed of a lower part or ring 9 having an upstanding flange 10 wherein a depending flange on the upper part 11 is inserted and suitably secured.

The circular series of tubes 4 and 5, outwardly of the same appearance, comprises members having different functions, the tubes at being for the reception of the needles and the tubes 5 being structural members uniting the top and base. To this end the tubes 5 are plugged and abut against the opposed faces of the top and base, to which they are held by screws 12 passing through these walls into the plugs. The needle tubes 4: are longer than the post-forming tubes and are received in alined perforations in the upper wall of the base and the under wall of the top.

A plate 141 overlies the upper wall of the top 3, to which it is united by rivets 15, and in these superposed plates are perforations 16 in register with the upper ends of the needle tubes. Individual shutters 17 are mounted to slide in and out between these plates, so as to cover and uncover the needle tubes, these shutters being shown as pivoted on the rivets 15 and provided with lugs 18 on their outer edges for finger-nail engage ment. These shutters bear numerals, as shown in Fig. 4;, indicating the sizes of needles to be placed in the respective compartments.

The plates 11 and 14: are also formed with large central openings 19. The upper end of a cup 20 is received within the central opening of the lower plate, and an outturned flange 21 on this cup is disposed between, the plates so as to hold the cup in place. This cup is of appropriate size to hold a thimble, which in turn may accommodate an emery, neither of these articles being shown since they form no part of the invention. The cap 6, which slips over the top, holds the contents of the cup against loss when the device is not in use.

A disk 22, of blotting paper or other suitable soft material, inserted within the base, keeps the points of the needles from touching the bottom plate and obviates the necessity of closing the lower ends of the needle tubes.

What I claim as new is:

1. A needle holder comprising a frame and a series of needle tubes mounted therein, in combination with individual shutters on the top of the frame for opening and closing the tubes, and a cap which covers the whole.

2. A device of the character described comprising a series of needle tubes arranged around a central space, a stationary top having a large central opening and surrounding small needle openings over the interiors of the tubes, a removable cap fitting over the stationary top, and closures for the individual tubes movably connected to the top and accessible upon removal of the cap.

3. A device of the character described comprising a series of needle tubes, a stationary top comprising superposed perforated plates having their perforations in register with the tubes, and shutters for the individual tubes housed between the superposed plates of the top. 7

4;. A device of the character described comprising a plurality of needle tubes arranged'around a central space, a thimble cup in the space surrounded thereby, and a removable closure over the cup.

5. In a device of the character described, a support, a circular series of needle tubes therein, a thimble cup supported within the upper part of the space surroundedby the tubes, and a removable cap covering the tubes and cup.

6. A device of the character described comprising a plurality of needle tubes arranged in hollow series, a top comprising superposed plates having perforations in register with the tubes and large central openings, shutters for the individual tubes mounted between said plates, and a central cup depending therefrom, itsupper end being received in the large opening of the lower plate and having an outturned flange between the plates whereby it is held in lace.

p 7. A device of the character described, comprising a base, a top separate from the base, and a series of separate members extending between the base and top and arranged around a central space, part of the members of the series being needle tubes and the remainder being structural members united to the top and base and connecting the same.

8. A device of the character described,

comprising a base, a top, a pluralityoftubes extending between the base and top, part of said tubes having their ends permanently closed and united to the base and top, the other tubes being open for the reception of needles, and means for opening and closing the tops of the needle tubes.

9. A device of the character described, comprising a base, a hollow top supported from the base and having perforations inits top and bottom walls, needle tubes having their upper ends received in the perforations of the lower wall of the top, and shutters for the perforations in the upper wall.

10. A device of the character described, 7

comprising a hollow base and top, the hollow base having perforations in its upper wall and the top having corresponding perforations in its under wall, needle tubes inserted in said perforations, structural members other than the needle tubes rigidly uniting the base and top, said top having perforations in its upper wall over the tubes, and means for opening and closing said perforations. 7

11. A device of the character described, comprising a base and top having alined perforations,needle tubes inserted in said perforations, the base being hollow, and a sheet of soft material overlying the bottom of the chamber in the base, on which sheet the needlesinay rest.

I JOHN A. WILLIAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

